Soda bread

450g wholemeal flour

50g oats

1 teaspoon bicarb

1 tablespoon brown sugar or honey 

1 tablespoon black treacle

( sometimes use 2 tablespoons dark mucovada sugar in place of sugar and treacle)

450ml buttermilk or milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Mix dry ingredients. Add treacle to milk and stir to dissolve. Make a well in the middle of the flour mix and stir in the milk to make a sticky dough. 

Drop onto a greased baking tray and shape to a loaf. Make a deep cross in the top

Bake for about 50mins at 200

Cook until it sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. If it is not quite done turn over and bake for a few more minutes

You can brush with melted butter when if comes out of the oven if liked

In the Aga cook in top oven. Cooks a bit quicker